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The material culture of Truk
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By: LeBar, Frank M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this manuscript LeBar presents a complete inventory of the material culture of Chuuk. Attention is paid to materials and means, as well as to the finished product and its use. Also recorded are the motor habits involved in various technological activities, and where possible, the pre-contact, or early post-contact material culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Agriculture
- Mats and basketry
- Food preparation
- Ornament
- Dwellings
- Boats
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chuuk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank M. LeBar
- Unpublished manuscript on file at HRAF
- Includes bibliographical references (388-389)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)